Bag-fastener.



PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904. B. VDM BIGEN. BAG PASTE-NEE. APPLIOATION 11.21) mm. 24. 1903.

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ATTORNEY No. 767,044. PATENTBD'AUG. 9, 1904. B. VOM EIGEN. BAG FASTEEBR.

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Patented August 9, 1904.

UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENNO VOM EIGEN, OF NElVARK. N CW JERSEY, ASSIHNOR- TO AUG. GOERTZ & (70., F NE KARK, SEW JERSEY, A FIRM.

BAG-FASTENER.

:I-PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,044, dated August 9, 1904.

Application filed December 24, 1903. Serial No. 136,430. No modal.)

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Be it known that I, Bnxxovon EIGRN, a citizen of the United States, residingat .\e-wark.in

the county of Essex and State of Xew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BagFasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description ot'the inventiomsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to nuinerals'of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in that class of nag-fasteners which are used with the hinged frame-sections of satchels, purses, chatelaine and other bags; and the invention has for its principal object to provide a simply and neatly constructed bagfastcner of the character hereinafter more particularly specified.

The invention has for its further object to "provide a bag-lock or holding-catch which shall be of a strong and durable construction and the parts of which can be readily assembled and retained in their operative positions; furthermore, to provide a bag-fastener which can be easily secured in position upon the bag-frame section, which securely retains the frame-sections of the bag, satchel. or purse or the like in their closed relation to each other, and which is easily manipulated when it is desired to open or separate the bag-frame sections.

Other objects of this invention not at this time enumerated will be evident from the following detailed description of my invention.

The-inventionconsists,primarily,inthenovel construction of bag-frame fastener hereinafter set forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the various arrangements and combinations of the devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described and then embodied in the clauses of the claim, which are appended to and form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of one form of hag-frame and a front view of a lock or holding-catch secured thereto and embodying the principles of my present invention. Fig. 2 is a face view of a portion of one of the bagfranie sections and a view of the opposite side of the said lock or holding-catch. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the same, and Fig. i is a vertical cross-section taken on line & -L in said Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow .1. Fig. is a bottom view, on an enlarged scale, of the lock or holding-catch detached from the frame-section; and Fig. 6 is a longitudiual sectional representation of the lock or holding-catch. Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section, on an enlarged scale. said section being taken on line 7 T in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow said view representing the two frame-sections and the parts of the lock or holding-catch upon the one frame-section and a catch-plate or clasp upon the other frame-section in their closed relation, and Fig. 8 is a similar view of the same parts, but representing the hinged or pivoted lock-casing in its raised position to permit the separable relation of the bagt'raine sections. Fig. 9 is a transverse vertical section taken on line 9 9 in Fig. 2 of the drawings looking in the direc -ion of the arrow .2. Fig. 10 is a side view of a springholdcr and spring employed with the lock or holding-catch. Fig. 11 a top or plan view of the same. Fig. 12 is a bottom view, and Fig. 13 is an end view, of the said spring-holder. Fig. 14. is a collective perspcctim view of the supporting-plate and lock-casing with the said spring-holder and its spring arranged in their detached relation prior to being assembled in their completed form as a bag-lock or holding-catch. Fig. 15 is a perspective view of a catch-plate or clasp used with the said lock or holding-catch. Fig. 16 is a bottom view of the pivoted lock-casing detached from the supporting-plate with the spring-holder arranged within said caslng, illustrating one manner of securing said spring-holder in said lock-casing. Fig. 17 is a vertical sect ion taken on line 1T l? in said Fig. 16 looking in the direction of the arrow 1/. Fig. lb is a horizontal section taken on line 13 18 in Fig. 17 looking in the direction of the arrow 1'; and

Fig. 1.) is a similar sectional of the loch-casing and said spring-holder arranged within said casing, but before it is permanently secured in place.

Simila 1' characters of reference are employed i in all of the said al)ove-deseribed views to mfollowing description that the bag-lock of holding-catch embodying the principles of my present invention may be used with the usual purse, pocket-book, or chatelaine-bag frame or any other frame.

The bag-frame lock or holding-catch is indicated by the reference character 4, and it comprises a lower sup orting plate or member 5, having a downwardly-extending marginal shoulder or rib 6, forming with the said plate 5 a chamber, as will be clearly seen from an inspection of the several figures of the drawings. The said chambered member or plate 5 is formed at one side with a downwardly-extending portion or side piece 7, adapted to be arranged against the side of the frame-section 1 and secured thereto with any suitable fastening means, preferably by means representation or hinged relation between the said casing 15 and the plate 5 is permitted. The said lock casing or member 15 is also provided upon its marginal edge 19 with a U-shaped portion 20, which terminates in an upwardly-extending finger-piece E21, sul'istantially as illustrated. Prior to the operation of pivotally securing the said casing or member 15 upon the supporting plate or member 5 the spring-holder and its spring (indicated in the several figures ot' the drawings)is arranged within the chamber of the said casing or member 15, and a portion of said holder is attached to the plate or member 5 in the manner to be presently described. This spring-holder consists, essentially, of a body-plate 22, provided with a slot or opening 23, a pair of holes or openings 24;, and at its ends the said plate 22 is provided with the angularly-extending arms .25, each arm .45 being provided with a, slot 26, which forms a guide. Movably arranged in the opening or slot 23 of the body-plate 22 is a post 27, having an enlargement, as 28, arranged below and against the under surface of the plate :22 directly beneath the opening I or slot 23, and the upper end of. said post 27 being provided with a holding member 29, which is preferably bent fl-shaped, as clearly illustrated. An elliptical or oblong spring comprising a main body 36, rounded portions 31, and the two end portions 3:2 and 33 is then connected with the spring-holder'in such a manner that its body 30 will rest upon the upof pins or rivets 9, which are passed through pert' .uations 8 in said side piece 7 and m the frame-section 1.

This plate or member 5, as

will be seen more especially from Fig. 14 of i the d rawmgs, is made with a T-shaped opening 1 10, formed by a pair of prongs or extensions spring may be compressed in the'manner and 11, having the end portions 12 extending laterally in directions toward each other and with the slotted or cut-away parts 13, substantially as illustrated. At this point the marginal shoulderor rib 6 of the plate or member 5 is cut away, as shown and for the purposes to be hereimit'terdcscribed. The said member or plate 5 is also provided with two other holes or openings 14 ator near the ed e of the plate where the said side piece? is connected therewith. The other and upper member or lock-casing 15 is preferably of the configuration repre sented in the several ligures of the drawings, and it is provided along one of its marginal edges, as 16, with a pair 0t"downwardly-extending lugs 17, having the bifurcated ends forming teats 18, the said lugs 17 being inserted in the openings 14 of the supporting plate or member 5 and the teats 18 being slightly forced apart or separated, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, whereby the said upper member or casing 15 is attached in its pivotal relation directly upon the upper surface of the said supporting plate per surface of the body-plate 22, a rounded portion 31 of the spring beingmovably arranged in a slot 26 of each arm 25 and the free end portions and of the spring being sprung beneath the holding member 1290f the post 27. It will thus be clearly seen that while the l slotted arms 25 form suitable guides for the proper action of the spring, the said arms 25 at the same time retaining the spring in its vertical and operative position and preventing the spring from falling over;

The several parts are now assel'nbled by compressing the end portions 32 and 33 of the spring, thus moving the enlargement 28 of the post .27 sufliciently below the lowersurface of the body-plate 22 that the said enlargement 28 can be passed into the T-shap'ed opening 10 of the supporting plate or member 5 and beneath the said plate or member 5, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6. and the action of the spring causing the spring-holderto be connected to and practically united with the said plate or member 5. The locking casing or member 15 is now arranged over the said spring-holder and its spring,with' the lugs 17 inserted in the openings or holes 1% of the supporting plate or member 5 andcertain edge 1 portions 3* at the openings or holes 24 ot' the or member :3, the manner of securing the l body-plate brought-directlyopposite corparts together being such that a free pivotal respondingly-located holes or openings 35 m the side of the lock casing or member 15. as

clearly indicated in the sectional representa- I tion in Fig. 19 of the drawings. of a proper tool in one operation certain parts of the tool bend over or separate the teats 1b of the lugs 17 against the under surface of the By means vices and their parts, as well as in the details of the construction thereof, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Hence 1 do not limit this invention to the exsupporting plate or member to produce the pivotal relation of the lock-casing with the upper surface of the supporting plate or member 5, as has been prevlously stated, while at act arrangement and combinations of the dethe. same.

the same time the edge portions 34 cont-igug ous to the holes or openingsZt in the bodyplate 22 are spread or forced into th holes or openings 35 of the said lock casing or member 15, as clearly indicated in Fig. 18 of the 1 means for securing said casing to one of said drawings, whereby the body-plate 22 of the said spring-holder is immovably fixed within 1 the chamber of the casing or member 15,while I the post '27 is held by the plate or member 5,

the parts being retained in their normal initial positions by the action of the spring, as f clearly indicated inFigs. 6, T, and 9 of the drawings, but the spring being compressed when the lock casing or member 15 is brought into its raised pivotal relation with the plate or member 5 (indicated in Fig. 8) when pressure is applied against the linger-piece 21 in the direction of the arrow. (Indicated in said Figs; 7, 8, and 9.) \Vhen the pressure is removed from the said finger-piece 21, the several mov- E edge of the rib of said plate, and a holding able parts will all be returned to their normal initial positions by the action of the spring, as will be clearly understood.

A holding or locking clasp 36 is secured upon the frame-section 2 by means of a pair of prongs 37, which are passed through openings t0 in the frame-section and are bent over against the under side thereof, and a clamping-lip 39, which is clamped around the edge of the frame-section, as shown; but of course it will be evident that the said clasp may be secured in any other suitable manner upon the said frame-section The said clasp 36 is also provided with one or more upwardly extending holding members 38, as illustrated, upon which the U-shaped portion 20 of the lock casing or member 1 rides and drops behind the same when the two frame-sections are closed upon each other, but can be released from said portion 20 when the lock casing or member 15 is raised by means of the finger-piece 21 to permit the two frame-sec-- It will be clearly evident that the construcbeing arranged at the lower open portion of tion of the lock or holding-catch is very simple, and there being but few parts such part-s cannot become disarranged by accident to ren-.

der the'device inoperative.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A bag-fastener for a frame having hinged frame-sections, said fastener comprising an open-bottomed and chambered casing and frame-sections. a finger-piece integrally united with the said casing and extending in a downward direction from a portion of the lower marginal edge of the said casing, said fingerpiece havinga lower cu rved marginal edge portion and being bent outwardly and upwardly means at the juncture of said plate and said downwardly-extending partof the finger-piece for engagement with the other frame-section. substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A bag-fastener for a frame having hinged frame-sections. said fastener comprising an open -bottomed and chambered casing and means with which the said casing is pivotally connected, said means being secured to the side of one of said frame-sections and having a downwardly-extending marginal rib forming a chambered portion extending over and above the upper face of said frame-section, said rib being provided with a cut-away part, a linger-piece integrally united with the said casing and extending in a downward direction from a portion of the lower marginal edge of the said casing, said linger-piece having a lower curved marginal edge portion and being bent outwardly and upwardly in front of one of the sides of said casing, the said lower curved marginal edge portion of said lingerpiece normally being arranged in said cutaway part of said rib and being iiush with the lower marginal edge of the rib. a spring, said chambered portion of the fastening means l said casing, and a holding means at the juncareeasily and quickly assembled, and the parts 1 ture of said chambered portion of the fasten ing means and said downwardly-extending for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with a holding device secured to a bag-frame section, of a side piece attached to another bag-frame section and having a plate at right angles thereto extending above and over the face of the bag-frame section, said plate having a downwardl v-cxtending marginal rib provided with a cut-away part, a lock-casing secured on said plate, and a finger-piece extending from the lower marginal edge of said casing and having a. lower curved marginal edge portion and extending upwardly in front of said casing directly in frontof that portion of the casing with which said finger-piece is connected, said holding device on the other frame-section being adapted to be forced in slidablc and lifting engagement with the lower edge of said linger-piece. and the lower marginal edge portion of said linger-piece resting normally in the cut-away part of said riband being flush with the marginal edge of said rib, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A bag-fastener,comprisinga lower chambered supporting-plate provided with a n open- I ing in the top, and having a downwardl vex 1 tending marginal rib forming with said plate f achamber, said rib being provided with a cutaway part, an upper member pivotally connected in the manner of a hinge tothe one edge of said supporting-plate, a spring-holder in said upper member, a post connected with i said spring-holder provided with an enlarged end arranged in the opening in said support- 1 ing-plate, an outwardly and upwardly extendingfingcr-picce connected with the lower marginal edge of said upper member, said tingerpiece having a lower curved marginal edge portion normally arranged in the cut-away part of said rib and being flush with the lower marginal edge of the rib, and means with which a clasp can be brought in holding ent gagemcnt, substantially as and forthe purl poses set forth. l

5. Abag-fastener,comprisingasupporting- 1 plate provided with an opening,an upper ineiu- 3 her pivotally connected in the manner of a hinge to said supporting-plate, a spring-holder in said upper member, consisting, CSSBl'llJlElll f of a body-plate havingan opening correspond- ;1 ing to the opening in said supporting-plate. a pair of spring-retaining guides on said bod yi plate, and a spring held between said guides. a post, means on said post for attachment to a y portion of said spring, said post extend ng f through the openings in said body-plate and said supporting-plate, means at the opposite end of said post for attachment or said post to said supporting-plate, and means with which a clasp can be brought in holding engagement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. Abag-fastener,comprisingasupporting- 5 plate provided with an opening, an upper member pivotally connected in the manner of a hinge to said supporting-platc,a spring-holder 1 ing in said supporting-plate,

in said upper member, consisting, essentially, of a body-plate having an opening corrcspomling to the openingin said supportii'ig-plate, a pair of s wing-retaining guides on said bodyplate, and a spring held bet ween said guides, a post. means on said post for attachment to a portion of said spring, said post extending through the openings in said body-plate and said supporting-plate. means at the opposite end of said post for attachment of said post to said supporting-plate, an outwardly and upwai'dly extending linger-piece connected with the lower marginal edge of said upper mem- 3 her, and means with which a ciasp can be brought in holding engagement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. A bag-fastener,comprisinga supportingplate, an upper member pivotally connected in the manner of a hinge to said supporting- 3 plate, a spring-holder in said upper member, consisting. essentially, of a body-plate, a pair of arms connected with said body-plate provided with slotted portions,an elliptical spring upon said body-plate, said spring having rounded portions'movably arranged in the slotted portions of said arms, a means of connection between a portion of said spring and said supporting-plate, and means with which i a clasp can be brought in holding engagement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. A bag-fastener,comprisinga supportingplate, an upper member pivotally connected in the manner of a hinge to said supportingplate, a spring-holder in said upper member, consisting. essentially, of a body-plate, a pair 1 of arms connected with said body-plate provided with slotted portions, an elliptical spring upon said body-plate, said spring having 1 rounded portions i iovably arranged in the slot-ted portions of said arms, a means of connection between a portion of said spring and said supporting-plate, an outwardly and upwardly extending linger-piece connected with l the lower marginal edge of said upper memher, and means with which a clasp can be brought in holdingengagement, substantmlly 1 as and for the purposes set forth.

9. A bag-fastener,comprisingasupportingplate provided with an opening, an upper membcr pivotally connected in the manner of a hinge to said supporting-plate, ot a body-plate having an opening corresponding to the opena pair of arms connected with said body-plate provided with slotted portions. an elliptical spring upon said body-plate, said spring having rounded portions niovably arranged in the slotted portions Q of said arms, a post arranged in the openings of said body-plate and said supporting platc,

a bent and hook-shaped upper end portion on said post arranged over a portion of said spring, and an enlarged end portion on said post connected with said supporting plate,

' and means with which a clasp can be brought member pivotallyconnected in the manner of a hinge to said supporting-plate, of a bodyplate havingan opening corresponding to the opening in said sup iorting-plate, a pair of arms connected with said body-plate provided with slotted portions, an elliptical spring upon said body-plate, said spring having rounded portions movably arranged in the slotted portions of said arms,a post arranged in the openings of said body-plate and said supportingplate. tion on said post arranged over aportion of said spring, and an enlarged end portion on said post connected with said supportingplate, an outwardly and upwardly extending finger-piece connected with the lower marginal edge of said upper member, and means with which a clasp can be brought in holding engagement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. In a bag-fastener, the combination, with a lock-casing and means with which a clasp can be brought in holding engagement, of a springholder and an elliptical spring in said lock-casing, and guides connected with said spring-holder in which portions of said spring are slidably arranged for supporting said spring in a vertical position, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

12. In a bag-fastener, the combination, with a lock-casing and means with which a clasp can be brought in holding engagement, of a spring-holder and an elliptical spring in said lock-casing, guides connected with said springholder in which portions of said spring are slidably arranged for supporting said spring in a vertical position, a post connected at one end with said spring, and a means of attacha bent and hook-shaped upper end por- 1 t l l l i 1 l l l l meat at the other end of said post, substantially as and for the. purposes set forth.

1?). ln almg-t'astener, the combination. with a pivot-ed lock-casing. of a spring-holder in said casing, comprising a body-plate, slotted guide-arms on said plate, an elliptical spring supported on said plate between said guidearms, and. means connected with said spring whereby the lifting movement of the lockcasing will compress said spring. and said spring will return said loelz-easing'to its normal initial position, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. Y

14. In a bag-fastener, a lock-casing having an opening, combined with a spring-holder, comprising a body-plate having an opening corresponding to the opening in said casing. and a marginal edge of the opening in said body-plate being arranged in the opening' in said lock-casing, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

15. In abag-l'astener, the combination. with a supporting-plate having openings. of a lockcasinglaaving bifurcated lugs arranged in the openings of said sumiorting-plate and clenched over, whereby said lock-casing is pivoted upon said supporting-plate, said loclt- "tsing being also provided with openings in its side, and a spring-holder, comprising a bod y-plate having openings corresponding to the openings in the side of said lock-casing, and a marginal edge of each opening in the body-plate being arranged in an opening in the side of the loelt-easii'ig. substantially as and for. the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of December, 1903.

BESNO VOM EltiEK.

\Vitnesses:

Fauna. C. FRAENTZEL, Geo. l). RICHARDS. 

